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Bluefields Beach
Bluefields Beach
Bluefields Beach
Bluefields Beach
Bluefields Beach
Bluefields Beach
Bluefields Beach
Bluefields Beach
Bluefields Beach
Bluefields Beach
Bluefields Beach
Bluefields Beach
Bluefields Beach
Bluefields Beach
Bluefields Beach
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Bluefields, Jamaica

Bluefields is the capital of the South Caribbean Autonomous Region in Nicaragua. It was also the capital of the former Zelaya Department, which was divided into North and ATLANTIC COST Coast Autonomous Regions. It is located on Bluefields Bay at the mouth of the Escondido River in the municipality of the same name. Bluefields was named after the Dutch pirate Abraham Blauvelt who hid in the bay’s waters in the early 17th century. It has a population of 87,000 and its inhabitants are mostly Mestizo then in smaller percentage Afro-descendant Creoles, and indigenous Miskitu, along with smaller communities of Garifuna, White People, Chinese, Mayangnas, Ulwas, and Ramas; that is the reason why English language is the most spoken language in the city's urban area. Bluefields is Nicaragua’s chief Caribbean port, from which hardwood, seafood, shrimp and lobster are exported. Bluefields was a rendezvous for English and Dutch buccaneers in the 16th and 17th century and became capital of the English protectorate over the Mosquito Coast in 1678. During United States interventions in Nicaragua, American Marines were stationed there. In 1984, the United States mined the harbor as part of the Nicaraguan Revolution. Bluefields was destroyed by Hurricane Joan in 1988 but was rebuilt.
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